Democrats' Prop. 8 Veto

Allysia Finley

Gee, as if Democrats in California needed any more power. The Supreme Court's punt on Proposition 8—a state ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage that voters approved in 2008—effectively gives Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris a veto on litigated laws that have been propounded and passed by the people of California.

Recall that both Mr. Brown and Ms. Harris declined to defend the initiative against a challenge in federal courts. Thus, the initiative's proponents took on the job, as permitted by the California...